coralology

English

Etymology

From coral +‎ -ology.

Noun

coralology (uncountable)

1. (very rare) The study of coral.
   • 1987, Horace E. Dobbs, Classic Dives of the World, page 110:

     Here was another first for the annals of coralology. All we could do at this stage was to wonder why it ever formed.

   • 1996, Charles Jerry Flora, The S.H.R.I.M.P.er's Maui: A Guide to Coral Reef Biology, page 74:

     As used in coralology, this means that in certain brain corals, adjacent valleys have separate walls.